Deanna M.'s Blog – January 2015 Archive (1)

I was minding the Salvation Army Christmas kettle at WalMart, passing the time people watching and mentally going over what had been bought, and needed to be bought, for gifts and stocking stuffers when I realized, someone would have to do Mom’s stocking.

Stockings have been a huge part of our Christmas for as long as I can remember, often more treasured than many of the gifts exchanged.   Typically they contained everyday toiletries, an excess of candy, a few nifty gadgets…